Dispensing-receptacle.



K. G. JOPLING.

DISPENSING BEGEPTAGLE A'PPLIOATIOH FILED AUG. 12, 1908.

I W/ TNE SSE a 13 Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

BY Ma ATTORNEYS UNITED sures- ATENT cur os.

KLEBEB C. JOBLING, F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

D ISPENSING-EECEPTACLE.

Specifleation of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 14, 1909 App i auonmea August 12, 1908. Serial No.-448,107.

To all whom it mag 0012mm:-

Be it known that I, KLEBER C. J OPLING, a

"I citizen of the United States, and a resident the tooth powder as it is of Memphis, in the county of- Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented anew and Improved Dispens'i'n' Re ceptacle, of which the following is a in 1. clear, and exact description.

. his invention relates to dispensing receptacles, and more particularly to a receptacle for tooth powder, which has means for'dispensing the powder at will from the is provided with a chamber adapted to receive the end of the container, and which tooth brush so that. the tooth powder can be dispensed directly upon the bristles.

{in object of the. invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable receptacle for toothpowder and the like, in which the owder is kept in a container from which t can be intermittently 'dispensedlas needed, and in which the powder container has arranged under-the same, a chamber in which directly upon the brush andis thus ready.

for use. I s z A further'object' of the invention is to' provide a device of the class desc'ribedwhich issimple in operation and construction, from which the' tooth powder cannot easily be displaced by accident, in which the powder is kept in a'clean and sanitary condition,

and which is of attractive appearance and can be easily manipulated. y

. The'invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims. v

- Reference is to be-had to the accompanying drawings tormin a part 'of this specification, in which similar characters of ref erenceindicate'corresponding parts in all the. ,views, and inwhich Figure 1' is a perspective view of an emodiment of my invention';.Fig. 2is an-enlarged lon 'tudinal section of the same, showing a tooth brush in position to receive the toothpowder from the container,

3 is a similar View showing the powder dispensed from-the container to the brush; and Fig. 4 i's a longitudinal Fig. being tooth section at right. angles to the section shown inFi s. 2 and 3. 14,-, Be ore proceeding tea more detailed exf planation of my invention, it should be clearly understood thatwhile the same is.

dispensed, falls in s I rovide an outer g 7 P I or other materiah -particularlyguseful as a container for tooth and while it can be advantageously used for dispensing tooth'powder directly on to a tooth brush, it can also be employed forother purposes in which it is desired to dispense granular or other material from a container on to an article by means of which the material is to be applied or otherwise used. I prefer to fashion sheet metal, though itcan also be conveniently manufactured from other material. I wish to emphasize that I' do not limitmyself to the details of construction shown, for example, in the accompanying drawings, as these can be varied to suit individual preference or special conditions. vention resides in the underlying principles .and consists. essentially, in the provision of 'a container for granular or other material, means for intermittently dispensing the material from the container, and means positioning an object under the container so that it can receive the material dis ensed.

I-Referring more particularly to t e draw-- casing of rectangular cross section, and hav1n one side a portion inwardly dispose to form a recess or-depression 11 for a purpose which will appear The'c'asing at one end, near the bottom, has an openin 12 to permit a tooth brush or other artic e to be inserted thereinto, be shown'later. A bottom'13 is secured in any convenient manner'at'the lower edges of the outer casin preferablyfby means of I upwardly dispose otherwise attachedto the walls of the casing. An innerc'asing 15 is arranged within the outervcasii'ig 10 and respectively to the walls of the outer casin ta ce above the bottom 13, are inwardly powder,

and outwardly disposed. and form an out-'- the receptacle from- The in-' 10 preferablyat I as. will flanges 14 soldered or-- I has its walls adjacent The walls of ,the inner casing, a dislet hopper 16, for the material. container 7 17,'which comprises the upp inner casing. The inner casin adjacent to the bottom of the receptac e, forms a chamber 18 adapted to receive a tooth brush it or other articlethrough the opening 12. The upper chamber for container 17 serves er part of the the purpose of holding the tooth powder B ,Intermediate the inwardly and outwardly disposed portions of the inner casing 15,-the

opposite. walls of the latter are curved to form a cylindrical outlet 19 through which the material can escape from the container 17 to the chamberlS. A suitably curved at Openings in the end walls of the inner cut-01f ismovably arranged Within the outlet 19, and at the opposite ends has laterally extending curved flan cs 21 en aging at correspondingly fbrmed ffanges 22 ormed casing. The cut-off is substantially semicircular in form and in one position, as shown in Fig. 2, closes the outlet at the lower opening, while in another position, asshown in Fig. 3, it closes the outlet at the upper opening and leaves the lower opening free. By moving the cut-off back and forth, material is allowed to escape into the outlet through the upper opening, and then out of the outlet through the lower opening, the

flow of material being-of course intermittent.

Near the upper edge, the cut-off has cars 23,

between which is pivoted a stem 24, extend-' ing through a suitable opening at the bottom of the recess 11, and having at the projecting end a button 25, bymeans of which it can be manipulated. A helical spring 26 is arranged .upon the stem 24 and engages the button 25 and the bottom of the recess 11, normally toproject the stem and hold the outlet 19- closed at the lower opening, as is shown most clearly in Fig. 2.

A top 27 is mounted-upon the upper rims of the casings, and has an interiorly threaded opening-28 through which the material can be introduced into the container '17. Acap 29 serves removably to close the opening.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A dispensing receptacle comprising a containerfor tooth powder, a chamber under -sai l container and formed to receive removably a tooth brush, said container havin an outlet leading to said chamber, a cut-oflarranged inrsaid ogtlet and having at'the ends flanges, said" 0 t et having flanges movably engaging gsaldflanges of said cut-ofi and positioningthe latter, and a stem for operating said cut-ofi' from the outside of the receptacle to dispense the material from said contamer to said chamber through said outlet.

2. A dispensing receptacle comprising communicatlng chambers, adapted respec 't-ively to contain tooth'powder and to req depression.

dispensing the material from the first of said chambers to the second, the receptacle having a depression in the wall thereof, and an operating stem extending from said cut-off into said depression whereby said cut-off can be operated from the outside of the receptacle, said stem normally lying within said 3. A dispensing receptacle, a casing having a portion forming a container for tooth powder and another portion forming :a chamber adapted to receive removablya tooth brush, an outlet connecting said container and said chamber and substantially cylindrical in form, said outlet at the'ends' having inwardly disposed flanges, a correspondingly formed cut-ofl' rotatably mounted 111 said outlet and having outwardly-dis.

posed flanges engaging at the outside of said flanges of said outlet, a'stem for operating said cut-off, and a spring engaging said stem and serving to hold said cut-off in a normally closed position, the receptacle having in the wall thereof a depression, said*stem and said spring being located in said depression.

I 4. A dispensing receptacle, comprising an outer casing, aninner casing within said outercasing and having the walls disposed I to form a container for tooth powder, and a chamber adapted removably to'receive a tooth brush, said outer casing having an opening permitting a tooth brush to be introduced into said chamber, the walls of said inner casing forming a substantially cylindrical outlet between said container andname to this specification in the'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KLEBER. C. J OPLING. Witnesses:

W. E. HOWELL, r., H. C. DYER. 

